Page 13: Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   On this day in history hMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run   

Jul 01   Bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial on this day in history.   

Jul 01   On this day in history tV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC   

Jul 02   DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56) on this day in history.   

Jul 02   On this day in history mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29   

Jul 04   On this day in history howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin   

Jul 05   German occupiers disband political parties on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1941.   

Jul 06   NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield on this day in history.   

Jul 06   In the year 1941 nY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield   

Jul 07   On this day in history einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry.   

Jul 07   Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Sgt. James Allen Ward, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the Zuider See on this day in history.   

Jul 07   On this day in history u.S. Forces Occupy Iceland During World War II, the neutral United States moved closer to war with Germany when U.S. forces landed on Iceland to take over its garrisoning from the British   

Jul 07   On this day in history united States armed forces arrive in Iceland   

Jul 08   9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1941 ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA   

Jul 10   Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 in the year 1941.   

Jul 10   In the year 1941 jedwabne Pogrom is a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.   

Jul 11   In the year 1941 german troops attack Dnjepr   

Jul 12   On this day in history joseph Whipp, American actor   

Jul 12   In the year 1941 military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain.   

Jul 13   24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver on this day in history.   

Jul 13   Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour) in the year 1941.   

Jul 14   6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp in the year 1941.   

Jul 15   In the year 1941 florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin)   

Jul 15   In the year 1941 florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)   

Jul 16   100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash on this day in history.   

Jul 16   100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow) in the year 1941.   

Jul 17   NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1941.   

Jul 18   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)   

Jan 04   John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)   

Jan 05   Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)   

Jan 05   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1941 henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81   

Jan 05   On this day in history death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)   

Jan 06   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1941 death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)